Four Escapees Tell Of Abuses By Russians
In Berlin four Allied servicemen escaped from a Soviet jail after overpowering a guard and slipping into the western sector. Pvt John J. Sienkiewicz of Baltimore and three British soldiers described brutal treatment and starvation rationing, with guards beating inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
John J. Sienkiewicz
Baltimore
Morris Sullivan
London
Jan
Sierkiewicz
M. LL Dratvin
George P. Hays
Ritish
Cour
City officials clash over 1950 raises and two mill levy
City leaders warn wage boosts could push the city into the red next year if the two mill levy fails. Mayor Kayée n and Council President Black urge finding extra revenue while Councilman Lord supports approving a $25 monthly raise for police and firemen under a new ordinance aligned with a job study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kayéen
Seward N. Black
Quota Club Hear Talks On U S Role In World Affairs
Elyria Quota club members heard Miss Josephine Fay discuss the United States shift from isolationism to free trade leadership. She argued the U S must prove its free enterprise system works and help others win similar freedom while avoiding a protective state. Stella Moelz announced a meeting at 214 Bath street and Genna Boote’s board session set for September 6. Boote and Mrs. Keith Scoville will attend the Akron state convention next weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Elyria
Ways and Means
Stella Moelz
Bath Street
Genna Boote
Miss Boote
Keith Scoville
Akron
Amherst Contractor To Construct Dwelling Here
Amherst contractor Harry Meyer has a city building permit for a new 22 by 25 foot one story frame dwelling at 361 Penfield Avenue with an estimated cost of 10 500 The piece notes council debates on a year end bonus and police and fire department salary raises amid job evaluation criticism and department morale concerns.
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Amherst
Harry Meyer
Penfield Avenue
McDonough
C. E. Andress
Council
Earl Boggs
Crea
Lhut
Robert Curtis
Imen
Norman Humason
Anna Kennedy T
Kennecy
Terrecy
Death notices and obituaries from Lorain Oberlin area
Deaths include six year old Billiegene Perry of Amherst and Wakeman-Chrysler Charles E. with kin in South Amherst Oberlin and Kipton. Other obituaries note Mae Alice Haas of Oberlin and Albert Haury of Grafton with kin in Cleveland Washington DC and Well ington. Services scheduled at Church of the Nativity Hunting ton cemetery and Kipton Community church with burial at St Josephs Amherst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billiegene Perry
Abs
Joseph Perry
D. J. Amherst
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Oberlin
Sharon Lee
Karen Key
Jolene Marie Perry
C. W. Young
South Amherst
Nick Perry
Harvey
Dance At Elyria High School Tonight
Elyria High Herald sponsors a school dance in the high school gym from 10 p m to 12 midnight to benefit the student newspaper. Music by Jay Ross Orchestra. Chaperones include Miss Margaret Mehaffer and several faculty members and local residents.
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Elyria High Herald
Jay Ross
Margaret Mehaffer
Herald
Robert E. Wilson
George Thourot
John Cabas
Robert Baeder
George. Miraben
Harold Brock
L. N. Nicholas
Shriners Hold Annual Clam Bake at Grafton Farm
Lorain County Shriners hosted their annual clam bake at the Neilson Hitchcock farm in Grafton on Wednesday afternoon. About fifty Shriners from the area attended with guests from Al Koran Temple in Cleveland. Dick Popp chaired the event with helpers Nub by Gerber George Tattersall and Don McGinley assisting.
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Lorain County
Livingston women held in theft case at Lorain
Police say 22 items stolen from Neisner's included clothing and house goods. Mrs Livingston admitted theft and, with two children present, was arrested in Lorain. Her sister-in-law accompanied by a child arrived later. both released on $200 bond each, pending hearing before Master Henry W. Ault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neisner
Lo- Tat
Arbur
Elsha
Lorain
Henry W. Ault
100 Elyrians To Attend Retreat League Meeting
About 100 Elyrians are expected for the tenth annual Communion Mass and breakfast of the Larmen's Retreat League of the Diocese of Cleveland on Sunday at St John's Cathedral. Bishop Edward F. Hoban will celebrate Mass at 9 am and attend breakfast at the Cleveland Hotel with attendees. Vincent P Reid of Toronto will speak after breakfast, discussing his roles with General Tire and Rubber Company and Catholic action.
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Larmen
Cleveland
Hoban
Vincent P_ Reid
Toronto
Canada
General Tire and Rubber Company
Wilkes-Barre
St. Leo's Parochial School
Rotary Club Plans For Coming Events
The Elvira Rotary Club outlines future plans including a White Elephant sale on September 24 at the Deetz Garage to fund activities and a family party at Camp Iss-See-Kes on September 27. A series of New York stage days will run at Elyria High School with tickets on sale. Readings include Fair and Warmer October 15, Pet On My Heart November 28, and One Heiress February 25. Rev. Henry A Stick spoke on 36 years in South Africa with Zulus, noting mineral wealth and ongoing racial conflict, and optimism for progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira
Stick
South Africa
Directors Elected By Kiwanis Club In Elyria
Ten Elyria Kiwanis Club members were elected to the board for 1950 at a luncheon in the Elks Marine Room. New directors: Ernest Seabold, C G Schiesz, Robert Butts, Nelson Limitch, Herbert Meister, Jim Armitage, Robert E Wilson, W H Gaston, Harold Dicken, Russell Allen. Ray Boller of Port Clinton Kiwanis spoke and showed a Kiwanis motion picture. Jack O'Brien of Avon Lake attended as the only guest. Paul Belcher, Akron First National Bank VP and cashier, will speak next Thursday on a business analysis.
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Elyria Kiwanis Club
Ernest Seabold
C. G. Schiesz
Robert Butts
Nelson Limitech
Herbert Meister
Jim Armitage
Robert E. Wilson
W. H. Gaston
Harold Dicken
Russell Allen
Elks Marine Room
Ray Boller
Port Clinton Kiwanis Club
Prices At Noon Market Report Nuggets From New York
Fragmented notes show stock prices and values with scattered figures. Mentions of percentages and figures hint at a noon market update with trading activity and quotation hints.
Police Report On Local Collisions And Thefts
Cars driven by Edward Gutowski and John W. Surdock were damaged in a collision on Washington avenue last evening. Ralph Underwood reported a tool chest and tools valued at $30 stolen from his car at his home. John Homenix was arrested for reckless driving at Muddy avenue and Broad street and to appear in police court. The Retrigery Service and Equipment Co. reported a storage battery valued at $22.50 stolen from a combine at its shop on Cleveland street. An investigation began into a fire that destroyed the B. and O. freight warehouse with damage estimated at $10,000.
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Edward Gutowski
Cleveland Street
John W. Surdock
Lousiana Avenue
Washington Avenue
Ralph Underwood
West River Street
John Homenix
Lorain
Muddie Avenue
Broad Street
Retrigery Service and Equipment Co
Cincinnati
Welfare fund talks stall after White Sulphur Springs session
Union leaders pressed for a shorter work day with no wage cut but failed to win agreement. Lewis planned further talks with northern and western operators at White Sulphur Springs and a separate meeting with southern operators at Riverga on Wednesday, while some say the welfare fund trustees may act.
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Lewis
Cms
White Sulphur Springs
Rivei Eia
Uni Rees
Lex
Toms
Lower Entrance Ages In Boy Scout Program
Changes in Scout entrance ages will expand Cub Scout and Boy Scout participation in Elyria area. Eight-year-olds may join Cub Packs, eleven-year-olds move to Boy Scout troops, and fourteen-year-olds transfer to Explorer units with options for specialized Explorer posts. A September roll call by the Southeast District commissioner staff will verify units and activities.
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Elyria
Arlo Smith
Firelands Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout
McKinley P. FT. A
William Davies
First Congregational
First Congregational Church
E. P. Gates
Grace Lutheran Church
Jack Yoo
Lake Avenue Congregational Church
Roger Thompson
Carlisle P. T. A
Robert Jaeger
St. Mary’s Church
Alfred Alten
Second Baptist Church
Henry Pierce
First Methodist Church
Cameron Jolly
Civic League of
Ridgeville
George W. Lions
Elyria Kiwanis Club
David Furgesos
Jaguar Evangelical Reformed Church
William Mirttler
St. Agnes Church
Albert L. Bauer
Explorer Post
American Legion Post
William Baker
Air Explorer Squadron
The
Lions Club
Raymond Swatek
George Hermann
Smith
Elyine
Demonstration Meeting for Teachers Canceled in Lorain County
A demonstration meeting for first, second, and third grade teachers in the Lorain County village and rural school system was canceled due to a death in the demonstrator's family. Emma Gleason, assistant county superintendent of schools, announced the change. The sessions were planned for Monday and Tuesday of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Liss Emma Gleason
Former Hungarian Minister Pleads Guilty To Treason
Laszlo Rajk former Hungarian foreign minister pleaded guilty to treason and espionage charges and admitted to anti Communist spying since 1932. He testified he met two US Army officers and Selden Chapin while also plotting with Tito and Allen Dulles to overturn the regime. The eight defendants face a trial expected to last one to two weeks.
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Budapest
Hungary
Laszlo Rajk
United States
Rajk
No. 2 Comunist
U. S. Army
Selden Chapin
Chapin
Raik
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Allen Dulles
U. S
Strategic Services
Switzerland
Rank
Defendanits
Pensions Debate Amid Joint Employer Employee Talks
Angry telegrams reveal Murray pressing hard to win pension and insurance demands. The dispute could affect unions in the steel and allied industries as major producers show split views on shared costs. Some companies urge separate negotiations while Jones and Egeenng support a fair, cost-shared settlement.
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Murray
CU. S. Steel
Carrie
Inland Steel
Troy
William G Caples
Sigor
Huthe
Bethlehem
Bern
Jones & Yourgstown One
Irland
Jones & Egeenng
Three Squirrel Hunters Wounded In Separate Incidents
Warren resident Wilbur Bebb, 22, was in fair condition at Trumbull Memorial Hospital with a neck bullet wound from a squirrel hunt. Harold Shirley, 3, of Tiffin, suffered pellets on arm leg and side in Seneca county's first squirrel accident of the season. Wright Gillespie, 58, Mt Pisgah, Ohio, receiving care at Christ Hospital Cincinnati for shotgun wounds from a squirrel burning accident after being mistaken for a possum by farmer Clyde Ladsady.
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Warren
Wilbur Bebb
Trumbull Memorial Hospital
Tiffin
Harold Shirley
Seneca County
Batavia
Wright Gillespie
Mt Pisgah
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Gillespie
Clyde Lad Sasy
Gillispie
Clarence Jones Killed While Hitchhiking Near Erie
Clarence Jones of Akron Ohio, 52, was killed when struck by a car on Highway 25 while hitchhiking near Erie Michigan. He had recently been released from the Lucas County workhouse in Toledo after serving time on a GM rank and disorderly charge.
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Erie
Mich
Clarence Jones
Akron
Lucas County
Toledo
Lorain Court Hears Diverse Local Legal Actions
Probate records show Joseph Goldstein leaving property to wife Stella. Judge D A Cook grants multiple divorces for neglect or cruelty, with alimony and child custody orders. Other cases include foreclosures, wrongful-death style injuries, probation violations, and fines for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Goldstein
Lorain Merichant
Stella
Elyria Home for Aged Plans Expert Visit for New Buildings
The building committee voted to bring Louis Ishade of New York City, a consulting architect, to Elyria to review plans for a new hospital unit heating plant and workshop center. A local architect will later draw the final plans. Committee members include Dr. Herbert J. Thompson, J. Ernshausen, Dr. J. H. Sivard, Harold R. Rorick, A. J. Plocher, R. C. Maston, and Dr. Charles B. Hess. Plocher was elected treasurer and Sivard secretary.
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Elyria
Maing Street
Akron
J. Ernshausen
Norwals
Norwalk
J. H. Sivard
First Methodist
Harold R. Rorick
The
Rorick Insurance
A. J. Plocher
Lorain County Savings and Trust Costany
R. C. Maston
Tramway
Ohio
Charles B. Hess
Plocher
Sivard
Former Lorain Minister Dies in Illinois at 78
Rev. Alfred Moeller former pastor of Zion Lutheran Lorain until 1993 died yesterday at La Grange Park Illinois aged 78. He previously led a Painesville church for five years and his last pastorate was at Schumm Ohio. Services will be held in Lorain on Monday.
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Cleveland
Alfred Moeller
Zion Lutheran Church
Lorain
Moeller
la Grange Park
Ohio agents plan conference at Wooster
Aliss Dorothay A. King county home demonstration agent reports a program planning conference at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in Wooster Monday. Home demonstration agents from northeastern Ohio will meet to plan programs for rural women's groups for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aliss Dorothay A. King
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Ohio
Market Prices Stir As Food Goods And Livestock Report
Markets show varied pricing across eggs butter and produce with brown and white eggs ranging around 46-67 cents per dozen, but terms vary by grade. Grain, soybeans, and livestock futures reflect modest activity, with hogs and cattle trading steady while produce baskets and crates move in multiple small lots.
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Black
Kenneth Lord
Lord
Ordinerce
City Water Department
Terry
Chsimmen
Safety Committee
Patters
Quota Club
Sudro-Curtis
Death Records
Charles E. Chrysler
Wakeman
Kipton
Allen Hospital
Clayton
Hannah Brewer
L. D. Gerber Funeral Home
Maie
Alice Haas
Alice (Roice) Haas
South Main Street
Hamlinston
Methodist Church
Henry
People’s Market
Cort Rolce
Wellington
Cowling- Sedgeman Funeral Home
Vernon W. Wagar
Huntington Cemetery
Albert Batry
Grafton
Albert Haurr
Indianapolis
Ind
Betity
Nellie Lehman
William Johnson
Seo Brothers
Charlies Haury
Washington, D. C
George
Russell D. Fulton
Shriners
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
United Press
N.Y Central Canan
Montemery Sears Rebuck
Warner Brothers
Westword Co
Bendix Aviatiin
Chrvzi Tba Airtraxe
Arzconda Copper
Rennestt C Pver
Texas Oi
Ges
Elec
American T. & T
Nanan
Nawe
Wte
Police Dep't. News
Reichlin
DIAL
Graystone
Harvey E. Horton
Amherst Memorial Studio
Jackson St
Helen Rusinko
D. A. Cook
Suupddofl
Priscilla Sopko
John
Bessie Naylor
Isaac
Juan Sanchez
Giorce
Juana
Puerto Rico
Theodore Snurr, Jr
Common Pleas Court
Sheffield Lake
Commonwealth Loan Co
Columbia Township
Julius Lacer
Louella Gibson
Emerson Court
Carl
Louis Pappas
Lucille
Pasadena Avenue
Alice Pawlaski
Lawrence
Dargo
Virginia Whariton
West
Ninth Street
Robert
Lewis Court
Trey
Pearl Harnes
Valley City
James
Viola Hoffman
Bertha Townsel
Mansel
Liv
Louretta Dalton
Dever
Juneal Hammond
Guy B. Finclery
Harold Ewing
Hammond
Esther Coffiand
Isadore Gillmen
Avon
31St Street
Gamazges
Wiadysiawea Dziedzic
Middle Avenue
Kaczmarczix
Rornalé Cook
Lorsin
C. C
Tdac Te
Sher
Rute ST
Kates Morris
Butternut Ridge Road
Sheriivs
Cer
Inlinois
Cleveland Livestock
cDomestic
Stalrs
Baskia
I-Doren
Real Bay Cleaners
Pete Worthington
Deutsch
Sewing Machine Sales
MR. Lapp
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